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A couple of weeks ago Lydia Perovic of Definitely the Opera, The Globe and Mail and other sundry publications invited myself, Jenna Douglas Simeonov of Schmopera, Joseph So of Ludvig Van and Opera Canada, and Sara Constant of The WholeNote over to her place to record a podcast on our musical/operatic impressions of 2017. She has summarised it rather nicely here, where you can also listen to it or download it. It’s an hour and a quarter of controversy and, just maybe, erudition and wit.

The latest COC podcast is out featuring Alia Rosenstock, Wayne Gooding, Gianmarco Segato and myself. Topics include the crisis in the Italian opera industry, best operas of recent decades and much more. It’s available on iTunes and on the COC websire.

The latest Big COC Podcast is up on line. Believe it or not this is episode 19 featuring Gianmarco Segato, Joseph So, Paula Citron, Stephan Bonfield and myself. It’s available on iTunes, on the COC website and, apparently, at Stitcher.

The latest The Big COC Podcast features regulars Gianmarco Segato of the COC, Wayne Gooding of Opera Canada magazine and myself. The twist is that we are joined by Topher Mokrzewski and Joel Ivany; respectively the music director and artistic director of Against the Grain Theatre. As regular readers will know they are also the co-creators of Figaro’s Wedding and two of the rising stars of the Canadian opera scene. I think it made for an unusually interesting episode but, man, do I talk slowly.

45 minutes of Gianmarco Segato, Alia Rosenstock, Joseph So and myself discussing opera awards, crossover “artists”, the oft proclaimed death of the art song recital, the new opera house in St. Petersburg and consolidation in the recording industry.

Gianmarco Segato, Joseph So, Paula Citron and myself discuss standing ovations and other aspects of audience etiquette, pants (trouser for the Brits) roles and the weird reaction to them of some sections of the Toronto audience and our picks from recent webstreams and DVDs. Listen here or download from iTunes.